Best Local Roast: Thread's Fondo Paez

Look, we love the fact that Thread deals directly with coffee growers to support ethically and sustainable business practices, but the simple fact is that its Colombian Fondo Paez roast is a coffee drinker’s roast: With its strong nose but smooth flavor, it’s not simply a day’s perfect first cup but a brew that dependably refreshes four, six, and 10 cups into the workday. And for those of us who count our daily intake by the pot rather than the cup, it’s a life preserver we would sadly buy even it was picked by starving children being paid pennies a day by a dodgy company owned by the Koch brothers. So we are very, very relieved that it’s not.